diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -28,14 +28,18 @@ By participating, you are expected to uphold our [Code of Conduct](https://gitla
 
 * You found a bug, have a question, or want to request a feature? Please 
 [create an issue](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-pylib/-/issues).
-* You want to contribute code? Please fork the repository and create a merge 
-request in GitLab and choose this repository as target. Make sure to select
-"Allow commits from members who can merge the target branch" under Contribution
-when creating the merge request. This allows our team to work with you on your request.
-- If you have a suggestion for the [documentation](https://docs.indiscale.com/caosdb-pylib/), 
+* You want to contribute code?
+    * **Forking:** Please fork the repository and create a merge request in GitLab and choose this repository as
+      target. Make sure to select "Allow commits from members who can merge the target branch" under
+      Contribution when creating the merge request. This allows our team to work with you on your
+      request.
+    * **Code style:** This project adhers to the PEP8 recommendations, you can test your code style
+      using the `autopep8` tool (`autopep8 -i -r ./`).  Please write your doc strings following the
+      [NumpyDoc](https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/format.html) conventions.
+* If you have a suggestion for the [documentation](https://docs.indiscale.com/caosdb-pylib/),
 the preferred way is also a merge request as describe above (the documentation resides in `src/doc`).
 However, you can also create an issue for it. 
-- You can also contact us at **info (AT) caosdb.de** and join the
+* You can also contact us at **info (AT) caosdb.de** and join the
   CaosDB community on
   [#caosdb:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/!unwwlTfOznjEnMMXxf:matrix.org).
 
diff --git a/README_SETUP.md b/README_SETUP.md
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@@ -143,10 +143,6 @@ Now would be a good time to continue with the [tutorials](tutorials/index).
 ## Run Unit Tests
 tox
 
-## Code Formatting
-
-autopep8 -i -r ./
-
 ## Documentation ##
 
 Build documentation in `build/` with `make doc`.